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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “obeli” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
obeli7371193(None) 
obelia8329451obelia
oboli73712871oboli
abele76323252abele
abelia83114402abelia
bel57148462_bel_
belie75630382_belie
bell66237182_bell
bels66142492_bels
belt65754032_belt
deli55631292_deli
lobelia947212lobelia
obe56638642obe__
obeah1038992obeah
obelias9279032obelias
obelise9310172obelise
obelisk1345192obelisk
obelism1138202obelism
obelize1838242obelize
obelus8348402obelus
obes66036832obe_s
obese75212422obese
obey96521302obe_y
obeys107010642obeys
obi57127732ob__i
obol65220612obol_
obole75917142obole
obols73715862obols
ocelli836842ocelli
oculi72010792oculi
ovoli8358282ovoli

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800311.54634799.5
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691311.84297009.2
 
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